hardhead

Plural: hardheads

Noun

• A practical, stubborn, or obstinate person.
• One who is practical or hardheaded.
• A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.
• Any of certain saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes.
• Mylopharodon conocephalus of fresh waters in California.
• Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea, especially Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).
• Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
• Clash or collision of heads in contest.
• A Scottish billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI.

Examples

• The old hardhead insisted on playing his short words, despite better options.

Related Words

hardhat